cash-and-carry
[ kash-uh n-kar-ee ]
/ ˈkæʃ ənˈkær i /
adjective
sold for cash payment and no delivery service.
operated on such a basis: a cash-and-carry business.
Origin of cash-and-carry
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby cash-and-carry
cash on the barrelhead,
cash ratio,
cash register,
cash up,
cash value,
cash-and-carry,
cash-book,
cash-for-questions,
cash-in,
cash-out,
cash-strapped
Example sentences from the Web for cash-and-carry
In many of the cities and large towns, some credit grocers have adopted what is called the "cash-and-carry plan."
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 |Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
British Dictionary definitions for cash-and-carry
cash-and-carry
adjective, adverb
sold or operated on a basis of cash payment for merchandise that is not delivered but removed by the purchaser
noun
a wholesale store, esp for groceries, that operates on this basis
an operation on a commodities futures market in which spot goods are purchased and sold at a profit on a futures contract